“I know whom I have believed, and am convinced that he is able to guard what I have entrusted to him for that day.” [2 Tim 1:12]
I am convinced He is able to keep what I have committed into His Hands. Paul had committed everything to God from the moment He met the Master on the Road to Damascus. He had turned over his dreams, his desires, his understanding, his health, his years. All had been placed in the hands of Christ Jesus.
Now he stood close to death’s door. He was facing martyrdom and knew it. It would be understandable to waver a little – after all Paul was not supernatural, he was human as we are. It would be reasonable if he looked back as well as looked at what was facing him in the immediate future and wondered if it was all worth it. Would he have regrets, would he wish he had done some things differently, or would he even wonder if he had taken the correct path through life.
It is evident as he writes to Timothy that Paul was assured that he had taken the correct path. He was, in his own words, convinced. He knew intimately the One in whom he had entrusted everything. And that knowledge persuaded him he had done the right thing.
His Savior and Lord, His Master was able to take it all – Paul’s dreams, desires, understanding, health, years, and now even his death – and guard it against any thief or corruption. When Paul entered the very presence of the Lord, it would all be waiting for him. Every reward, every crown, every praise from the Master would be his.
We, too, have entrusted everything into the hands of our Savior and Lord. Jesus is guarding all we have committed. Like Paul, when we enter His Presence on the other side of the veil, rewards, crowns, and praise will be waiting for us. PTL.
